(If it hit the ocean, there would be a large tsunami).
A loss would be a disaster for her.Pre-tsunami, the CDU and its coalition partner in Baden-Württemberg, the Free Democratic Party (which is also part of Mrs Merkel's government) had been narrowly ahead of the Social Democrats and the Greens.
This capability would be a significant contribution to current tsunami monitoring systems, which currently rely on tidal gauges, DART system (Deep-ocean Assessment and Recording of Tsunamis) and seafloor bottom pressure recording sensors.
The estimation of flow velocity and inundation depth from numerical simulations of storm waves based on accurate topographic surveys would be a useful tool for identifying whether tsunamis or storms transported the numerous boulders onshore.
An earthquake or tsunami would probably be the worst, but if it's of that magnitude the radiation would be a much lesser concern".
The nation's largest newspaper, El Mercurio, reported Wednesday that military officials initially said the quake over the weekend had happened so far inland that there would not be a tsunami.
If it ever went altogether, it would be like a tsunami.
Much of Japan's Pacific coast would be inundated by a tsunami more than 34 metres (112 feet) high if an offshore earthquake as powerful as last year's occurred, according to a government panel of experts.
